![]() The book was the first part of a war trilogy Jones planned to write. It was adapted as a film in 1953 starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Cliff, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed. The book was based on Jones' experiences in Hawaii just before the beginning of World War II. It is the birthday of writer James Jones (1921), whose first published novel, From Here to Eternity (1951), was an instant bestseller and won the National Book Award in 1952.
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